Drunken Philosophy

Featuring special guest Sean Fissel! As the
election draws nearer, this podcast can't help but get political.
So this week, Connor and Dan are discussing the darling of the
fiscally conservative and champion of the free market, Ayn Rand.
Specifically her philosophy Objectivism and why we hate it.
Speaking of objective,...

What is justice? What does a just society look like? Is
it based completely around Dungeons & Dragons and beer?
Probably not! This week, Connor and Dan are discussing Plato's
Republic, AKA the philosopher's guide to fascism. There's
guardians, there's working class stiffs, there's philosopher kings.
This republic has it...

Why isn't philosophy more like science? What would we
gain and what would we lose? Who let all these nerds into our cool
club? This week we're discussing Logical Positivism, a popular
movement in America in the 1950s which sought to cut the bullshit
out of philosophy. Also, Dan drinks a homemade Manhattan, Connor
screws...

(WARNING: Connor's audio is pretty terrible but Dan
sounds like an angel. Apologies to fans of Connor or haters of
Dan.) This week Connor and Dan asked themselves what makes a
person. What makes us worthy of moral consideration? How has
rights? Can you kiss corpses? Probably not. Actually, definitely
not. But the...

Welcome to a very special double episode of Drunken
Philosophy! This week Connor and Dan are taking a little break from
their intense philosophical studies to discuss a terrible movie
they both watched— the 1994 video game masterpiece Double Dragon.
And boy is there a lot to talk about here. It's not what
you...

About the Podcast

Dan has a degree in Philosophy. Connor has a degree in High School. Together they have a bit of a drinking problem. Each week they explore the work of a new philosopher or a new philosophical idea and do their best to learn something before getting distracted.